Janell - Meaning of Janell

What does Janell mean?

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Janell

[ 2 syll. ja-nel(l), jan-e-ll ] The baby girl name Janell is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced JHaa-NEHL †. Janell is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. Janell is a contracted form of the English and French Janelle.

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Janell is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1979, 0.024% of baby girls were named Janell. It had a ranking of #490 then. The baby name has markedly slipped in popularity since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Within the family of girl names directly related to Janell, Janelle was the most widely used in 2018. Janell has in the last century been mainly given to baby girls.

Baby names that sound like Janell include Jahnelle, Janel, Janele, Janelle, Johnelle, Jonelle, Jamal, Jamell, Jamelle, Janely, Janille, Janyll, Jaynell, Jaynelle, Jeanell, Jeanelle, Jeneale, Jeneel, Jeneele, and Jeneil.

† Pronunciation for Janell: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"